Violence over religion shows little faith at all

With the recent events that have taken place throughout the world, we can see how words can cause massive devastation.

Ron Slone

To the editor:

With the recent events that have taken place throughout the world, we can see how words can cause massive devastation.

I am not the most religious person in the world, but I do believe that there is a higher power. I also don’t believe that one faith is better than another because faith is just that — faith.

If you are a true Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Jew — or whatever your faith — you cannot be swayed because someone else doesn’t agree with you. For anyone to want to resort to physical violence because someone questions his or her faith or says something derogatory about it just reinforces the argument that person’s said “faith” is a sham.

To be a person of faith is to embrace everyone’s belief and to live and let live. We are only on the world for a short time and it can end in an instant. I for one would rather spend my time loving my family and fellow human beings than worrying about if someone doesn’t believe in my faith. I don’t care if you believe in Jesus, Buddha, Shiva, Muhammad, Elohim or the lamp in the den that talks only to you. Enough is enough! We all should try to be nicer to each other because in the end whatever God you do believe in is the one that will be judging you.